Absolute, total, nonsense, I have always used Avast free, and never paid for it, it is very effective and the one that I recommend.
To each his own. I find “free” versions of anti virus programs worthless and are viruses unto themselves.
Ditto. Avg is a resource hog and unreliable. It also conflicts with other stuff. Was a big avg fan for a wile, but all avast now. Free version works great.